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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
111 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Environmental Engineering is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 433 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 111 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree environmental engineering students.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan Technological University is located in Houghton, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree environmental engineering students list, Michigan Tech has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996.

Full Michigan Technological University General Environmental Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 22 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at UIUC

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 16 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s environmental engineering degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree environmental engineering students list, Illinois Tech has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois Tech General Environmental Engineering Report

#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Michigan State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University

#1 in overall quality

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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